Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hinton Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hinton Hills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hinton Hills

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Hinton Hills:
  • 37.623389, -86.461090
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Hinton Hills

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Breckinridge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Breckinridge County
  • Since Hinton Hills is near Grayson County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio County

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Hinton Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hinton Hills ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Cave Spring
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cave Spring is located in Breckinridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
• Cobblers Knob
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cobblers Knob is located in Breckinridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblers Knob
• Falling Branch
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Falling Branch is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
• Falls-of-Rough
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Falls-of-Rough is located in Breckinridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls-of-Rough
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls-of-Rough <1>
• Fisher
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fisher is located in Breckinridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
• Glen Dean
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
• Hickory Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Corner is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
• Horn Back Mill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
• Indian Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
• Madrid
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Madrid is located in Breckinridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
• Rockvale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rockvale is located in Breckinridge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockvale
• Short Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Short Creek is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek

How Far From Hinton Hills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hinton Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hinton Hills and extending to:

• Hardinsburg, which is the Seat of Breckinridge County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hinton Hills to Hardinsburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 518 miles [833.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,065 miles [11,370 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,941 miles [7,951.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'